Joel Boggan | Scholars@Duke

Joel Boggan
Associate Professor of Medicine

I am a hospital medicine physician interested in quality improvement, patient safety, and medical education across the UME, GME, and CME environments. My current QI and research projects include work on readmissions, inpatient ORYX and patient experience measures, clinical documentation improvement, medication reconciliation, and appropriate utilization of inpatient resources. Alongside this work, I serve as the lead mentor for our Durham VA Chief Resident in Quality and Safety within the Department of Medicine and the Program Director for the Duke University Hospital CRQS.

As Associate Program Director for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety in the Duke Internal Medicine Residency Program, I oversee QI and safety education and projects for our residents and help co-lead our Residency Patient Safety and Quality Council. Additionally, I supervise housestaff and students on our general medicine wards, precept housestaff evidence-based medicine resident reports, and serve as a small group leader for our second-year medical student Clinical Skills Course. Finally, I lead our Innovation Sciences committee as part of the ongoing School of Medicine Curriculum Innovation Initiative.

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Associate Professor of Medicine, Medicine, General Internal Medicine, Medicine 2021

Contact Information

Hospital Medicine Team (111), 508 Fulton Street, Durham, NC 27705
Hospital Medicine Team (111m), 508 Fulton Street, Durham, NC 27705
(919) 286-6892
BMJ Quality & Safety blog

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- Resident, Duke University School of Medicine 2009 - 2013
- M.D., Duke University School of Medicine 2009
- M.P.H., University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill 2008
Previous Appointments & Affiliations
- Assistant Professor of Medicine, Medicine, General Internal Medicine, Medicine 2021
- Assistant Professor of Medicine, Medicine, General Internal Medicine, Medicine 2014 - 2020
- Medical Instructor in the Department of Medicine, Medicine, General Internal Medicine, Medicine 2013 - 2014
Leadership & Clinical Positions at Duke
- Associate Program Director, Quality Improvement and Patient Safety, Duke Internal Medicine Residency Program
  
  Lead Mentor, Chief Residency in Quality and Safety, Durham VA Healthcare System
  
  Program Director, Duke University Hospital Chief Residency in Quality and Safety, Duke GME
Recognition
In the News
- OCT 11, 2020 The Conversation
  
  Video and phone consultations only scratch the surface of what telehealth has to offer
- FEB 5, 2020 Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
  
  REVIEW Effectiveness of acute care remote triage systems: a systematic review.
- MAR 3, 2015 The Wall Street Journal
  
  Focus more heart care on the young, study says
- MAR 3, 2015 The Wall Street Journal
  
  Focus more heart care on the young, study says
Awards & Honors
- Research Mentoring Award. Division of General Internal Medicine. May 2020
- VA Faculty Teaching Award. Department of Medicine. June 2015
- Finalist, Milton W. Hamolsky Award. Society of General Internal Medicine. April 2015
Expertise
Subject Headings
Global Scholarship
- Research
  - Haiti (Country)
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Academic Articles
  - Pleasants, Roy A., Armando D. Bedoya, Joel M. Boggan, Karen Welty-Wolf, and Robert M. Tighe. “The Eyes Have It-for Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: a Preliminary Observation.” Pulm Ther 8, no. 3 (September 2022): 327–31. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41030-022-00198-5.
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  - Shoup, John Paul, Azalea Kim, Jonathan Wilson, Jane Pendergast, Benjamin L. Ranard, and Joel C. Boggan. “No Quick Fixes: Integrating Population Health Education and Quality Improvement in a Large Residency Program.” J Healthc Qual 44, no. 5 (September 2022): 286–93. https://doi.org/10.1097/JHQ.0000000000000352.
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  - Shaikh, Sophie Kay, Lauren Chamberlain, Kristina Marie Nazareth-Pidgeon, and Joel C. Boggan. “Quality improvement initiative to improve infant safe sleep practices in the newborn nursery.” Bmj Open Qual 11, no. 3 (August 2022). https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjoq-2022-001834.
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  - Wang, Emily S., Sadie Trammell Velásquez, Michael Mader, Joel C. Boggan, Jeff E. Liao, Luci K. Leykum, Jacqueline Pugh, and Jacqueline Triagist Collaborative Group. “Triaging Admissions: A Survey of Internal Medicine Resident Experiences and Perceptions and Recommendations on Inpatient Triage Education.” Am J Med 135, no. 7 (July 2022): 919-924.e6. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjmed.2022.03.023.
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  - Boggan, Joel, Rebecca Clemo, Andrew S. Parsons, Lisa Shieh, and Bahnsen P. Miller. “Learning by doing: practical strategies to integrate resident education and quality improvement initiatives.” Journal of Graduate Medical Education 13, no. 5 (October 15, 2021): 631–34. https://doi.org/10.4300/JGME-D-21-00381.1.
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  - Lewinski, Allison A., Sharron Rushton, Elizabeth Van Voorhees, Joel C. Boggan, John D. Whited, John P. Shoup, Amir A. Tabriz, et al. “Implementing remote triage in large health systems: A qualitative evidence synthesis.” Res Nurs Health 44, no. 1 (February 2021): 138–54. https://doi.org/10.1002/nur.22093.
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  - Bedoya, Armando, Roy A. Pleasants, Joel C. Boggan, Danielle Seaman, Anne Reihman, Lauren Howard, Robert Kundich, Karen Welty-Wolf, and Robert M. Tighe. “Interstitial lung disease in a veterans affairs regional network; a retrospective cohort study.” Plos One 16, no. 3 (2021): e0247316. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0247316.
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  - Boggan, Joel C., John Paul Shoup, John D. Whited, Elizabeth Van Voorhees, Adelaide M. Gordon, Sharron Rushton, Allison A. Lewinski, et al. “Effectiveness of Acute Care Remote Triage Systems: a Systematic Review.” J Gen Intern Med 35, no. 7 (July 2020): 2136–45. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-019-05585-4.
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  - Boggan, Joel C., Schatzi H. McCarthy, Jessica E. Pritchard, Grant O’Brien, and David K. Walmer. “Prevalence of hypertension and peripheral arterial disease in adults in Léogâne, Haiti.” Journal of Global Health Reports 3 (May 1, 2019). https://doi.org/10.29392/joghr.3.e2019031.
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  - Chung, Matthew J., Jonathan D. Hansen, Ryan D. Schulteis, Joel C. Boggan, W Schuyler Jones, Thomas J. Povsic, Susan Roberts, Mitchell W. Krucoff, and Sunil V. Rao. “Understanding operator stent choice in the catheterization laboratory using a pre-procedure survey: Opportunities for quality improvement.” Cardiovasc Revasc Med 18, no. 8 (December 2017): 588–91. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carrev.2017.05.004.
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  - Boggan, J., M. R. Ruopp, T. L. Holland, M. J. Stillwagon, J. A. Govert, and J. G. Bae. “Missing the mark: inaccuracy of administrative data in identification of hospitalized patients with pneumonia and results of a systematic clinical reclassification process on readmission rates.” Journal of Hospital Administration 6, no. 6 (November 20, 2017): 35–41. https://doi.org/10.5430/jha.v6n6p35.
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  - Mitchell, Aaron P., Joel C. Boggan, Karen Lau, and David L. Simel. “Splenectomy as a Destination: Improving Quality of Care Among Asplenic Veterans Through a Travel Clinic.” Am J Med 130, no. 7 (July 2017): 856–61. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjmed.2017.01.024.
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  - Boggan, Joel C., Aparna Swaminathan, Samantha Thomas, David L. Simel, Aimee K. Zaas, and Jonathan G. Bae. “Improving Timely Resident Follow-Up and Communication of Results in Ambulatory Clinics Utilizing a Web-Based Audit and Feedback Module.” J Grad Med Educ 9, no. 2 (April 2017): 195–200. https://doi.org/10.4300/JGME-D-16-00460.1.
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  - Elmariah, Hany, Samantha Thomas, Joel C. Boggan, Aimee Zaas, and Jonathan Bae. “The Burden of Burnout.” American Journal of Medical Quality : The Official Journal of the American College of Medical Quality 32, no. 2 (March 2017): 156–62. https://doi.org/10.1177/1062860615625802.
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  - Gichane, Margaret W., William A. Calo, Schatzi H. McCarthy, Kathy A. Walmer, Joel C. Boggan, and Noel T. Brewer. “Human Papillomavirus Awareness in Haiti: Preparing for a National HPV Vaccination Program.” J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol 30, no. 1 (February 2017): 96–101. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpag.2016.07.003.
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  - McCarthy, Schatzi H., Kathy A. Walmer, Joel C. Boggan, Margaret W. Gichane, William A. Calo, Harry A. Beauvais, and Noel T. Brewer. “Awareness of Cervical Cancer Causes and Predeterminants of Likelihood to Screen Among Women in Haiti.” J Low Genit Tract Dis 21, no. 1 (January 2017): 37–41. https://doi.org/10.1097/LGT.0000000000000281.
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  - Broderick-Forsgren, Kathleen, Wynn G. Hunter, Ryan D. Schulteis, Wen-Wei Liu, Joel C. Boggan, Poonam Sharma, Steven Thomas, Aimee Zaas, and Jonathan Bae. “Doctor Who? A Quality Improvement Project to Assess and Improve Patients' Knowledge of Their Inpatient Physicians.” J Grad Med Educ 8, no. 2 (May 2016): 197–201. https://doi.org/10.4300/JGME-D-15-00067.1.
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  - Boggan, Joel C., Ryan D. Schulteis, Mark Donahue, and David L. Simel. “Guideline-based decision support has a small, non-sustained effect on transthoracic echocardiography ordering frequency.” Bmj Qual Saf 25, no. 1 (January 2016): 57–62. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjqs-2015-004284.
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  - Boggan, Joel C., Arthur W. Baker, Sarah S. Lewis, Kristen V. Dicks, Michael J. Durkin, Rebekah W. Moehring, Luke F. Chen, Lauren P. Knelson, Donald D. Hegland, and Deverick J. Anderson. “An Automated Surveillance Strategy to Identify Infectious Complications After Cardiac Implantable Electronic Device Procedures.” Open Forum Infect Dis 2, no. 4 (December 2015): ofv128. https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofv128.
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  - Sullivan, Brian, David Ming, Joel C. Boggan, Ryan D. Schulteis, Samantha Thomas, Josh Choi, and Jonathan Bae. “An evaluation of physician predictions of discharge on a general medicine service.” J Hosp Med 10, no. 12 (December 2015): 808–10. https://doi.org/10.1002/jhm.2439.
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  - Boggan, Joel C., David K. Walmer, Gregory Henderson, Nahida Chakhtoura, Schatzi H. McCarthy, Harry J. Beauvais, and Jennifer S. Smith. “Vaginal Self-Sampling for Human Papillomavirus Infection as a Primary Cervical Cancer Screening Tool in a Haitian Population.” Sex Transm Dis 42, no. 11 (November 2015): 655–59. https://doi.org/10.1097/OLQ.0000000000000345.
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  - Lantos, Paul M., John A. Branda, Joel C. Boggan, Saumil M. Chudgar, Elizabeth A. Wilson, Felicia Ruffin, Vance Fowler, Paul G. Auwaerter, and Lise E. Nigrovic. “Poor Positive Predictive Value of Lyme Disease Serologic Testing in an Area of Low Disease Incidence.” Clin Infect Dis 61, no. 9 (November 1, 2015): 1374–80. https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/civ584.
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  - Miller, Deana, Aaron Mitchell, Rebecca Sadun, Judy Milne, and Joel Boggan. “House staff perceptions of how handoff quality influences code blue and rapid response team events.” Am J Med Qual 30, no. 3 (May 2015): 292–93. https://doi.org/10.1177/1062860614552671.
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  - Boggan, Joel C., Ann Marie Navar-Boggan, Vaishali Patel, Ryan D. Schulteis, and David L. Simel. “Reductions in telemetry order duration do not reduce telemetry utilization.” J Hosp Med 9, no. 12 (December 2014): 795–96. https://doi.org/10.1002/jhm.2264.
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  - Boggan, Joel C., George Cheely, Bimal R. Shah, Randy Heffelfinger, Deanna Springall, Samantha M. Thomas, Aimee Zaas, and Jonathan Bae. “A Novel Approach to Practice-Based Learning and Improvement Using a Web-Based Audit and Feedback Module.” J Grad Med Educ 6, no. 3 (September 2014): 541–46. https://doi.org/10.4300/JGME-D-14-00016.1.
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  - Rohrhoff, Nicholas J., Diana B. McNeill, and Joel C. Boggan. “An adverse reaction to a medication given to treat an adverse reaction: a teachable moment.” Jama Intern Med 174, no. 7 (July 2014): 1035–36. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.1605.
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  - Boggan, Joel C., Tian Zhang, Chris Derienzo, Karen Frush, and Kathryn Andolsek. “Standardizing and Evaluating Transitions of Care in the Era of Duty Hour Reform: One Institution's Resident-Led Effort.” J Grad Med Educ 5, no. 4 (December 2013): 652–57. https://doi.org/10.4300/JGME-D-12-00287.
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  - Navar-Boggan, Ann Marie, Bimal R. Shah, Joel C. Boggan, Judith A. Stafford, and Eric D. Peterson. “Variability in performance measures for assessment of hypertension control.” Am Heart J 165, no. 5 (May 2013): 823–27. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2013.01.003.
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  - Boggan, Joel C., Ann Marie Navar-Boggan, and Ravi Jhaveri. “Pediatric-specific antimicrobial susceptibility data and empiric antibiotic selection.” Pediatrics 130, no. 3 (September 2012): e615–22. https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2012-0563.
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  - Navar-Boggan, Ann Marie, Joel C. Boggan, Judith A. Stafford, Lawrence H. Muhlbaier, Catherine McCarver, and Eric D. Peterson. “Hypertension control among patients followed by cardiologists.” Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes 5, no. 3 (May 2012): 352–57. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.111.963488.
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  - Navar-Boggan, Ann M., Joel C. Boggan, Judith A. Stafford, Lawrence Muhlbaier, Catherine McCarver, and Eric D. Peterson. “Hypertension Control (or Lack Thereof) Among Patients Followed Routinely in Cardiology Clinics.” Circulation 124, no. 21 (November 22, 2011).
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- Reports
  - Boucher, Nathan, Elizabeth Van Voorhees, Anita Vashi, Olivia Dong, Perri Morgan, Soheir Adam, J. Whited, et al. “Tele-Urgent Care for Low-Acuity Conditions.” Tele-Urgent Care for Low-Acuity Conditions, April 2022.
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  - Boggan, Joel, Paul Shekelle, Selene Mak, Jason Burton, Meron Begashaw, and Isomi Miake-Lye. “Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) for Clinical Teams: A Systematic Review of Reviews.” Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) for Clinical Teams: A Systematic Review of Reviews. Department of Veterans Affairs, March 31, 2022.
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  - Rushton, Sharron, Joel Boggan, Allison Lewinski, Adelaide Gordon, John Paul Shoup, Elizabeth Van Voorhees, John Whited, et al. “Effectiveness of Remote Triage: A Systematic Review.” Effectiveness of Remote Triage: A Systematic Review. Washington, DC: Department of Veterans Affairs, 2019.
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- Conference Papers
  - Boggan, Joel C., Elizabeth E. Van Voorhees, John P. Shoup, John D. Whited, Soheir Adam, Karen Goldstein, and Jennifer Gierisch. “PATIENT SATISFACTION OUTCOMES WITH REMOTE TRIAGE SERVICES: RESULTS FROM A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW.” In Journal of General Internal Medicine, 36:S45–46, 2021.
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  - Cabezas, Melanie N., Rachael E. Mahle, Nancy Yang, Pooja Patel, Sukrit S. Jain, Joel Boggan, Brian Sullivan, Lynn A. Bowlby, and Diana M. Mosquera. “Colorectal Cancer Screening: Quality Improvement and Education at a Resident-Led Clinic.” In American Journal of Gastroenterology, 116:S110–S110, 2021.
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  - Hayes, Lara, Govind M. Krishnan, Rajesh V. Swaminathan, Sunil V. Rao, David L. Simel, and Joel C. Boggan. “NPO-NO! A QUALITY IMPROVEMENT INNOVATION OF A NOVEL DIET STRATEGY PRIOR TO CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION.” In Journal of General Internal Medicine, 36:S407–8, 2021.
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  - Kaur, A., A. Reihman, R. A. Pleasants, J. Boggan, L. Howard, R. Kundich, K. E. Welty-Wolf, A. Bedoya, and R. M. Tighe. “Assessing the Frequency of Pulmonary Function Testing in Veterans with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis at Time of Diagnosis.” In American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Vol. 201, 2020.
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  - Dalal, Nicole, Joel C. Boggan, Leigh Wynkoop, Sonal Patel, and Richard M. Atkins. “IMPROVING CONTINUITY IN AN INTERNAL MEDICINE RESIDENT CLINIC.” In Journal of General Internal Medicine, 33:S796–S796. SPRINGER, 2018.
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  - Pleasants, R. A., A. Bedoya, R. Kundich, J. Boggan, A. Reihman, D. Seaman, L. Howard, K. E. Welty-Wolf, and R. M. Tighe. “Characteristics of Connective Tissue Related Interstitial Lung Disease in the Mid- Atlantic Veterans Affairs Regional Network.” In American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Vol. 197. AMER THORACIC SOC, 2018.
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  - Reihman, A., A. Bedoya, R. A. Pleasants, J. Boggan, L. Howard, R. Kundich, K. E. Welty-Wolf, and R. M. Tighe. “Initial Pulmonary Function Patterns Define Clinical Characteristics in Veterans Affairs Cohort with Interstitial Lung Disease.” In American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Vol. 197. AMER THORACIC SOC, 2018.
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  - Boggan, Joel C., Richard M. Atkins, David Simel, and Blake Cameron. “IDENTIFYING VETERANS AT HIGH-RISK FOR PROGRESSION TO END-STAGE RENAL DISEASE AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR NEPHROLOGY REFERRAL.” In Journal of General Internal Medicine, 32:S213–S213. SPRINGER, 2017.
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  - Bedoya, A. D., R. Pleasants, J. Boggan, D. Seaman, L. Howard, A. Reihman, K. Welty-Wolf, and R. M. Tighe. “Characteristics Of Interstitial Lung Disease In The Mid-Atlantic Veterans Affairs Regional Network.” In American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Vol. 195. AMER THORACIC SOC, 2017.
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  - Boggan, Joel C., Ryan D. Schulteis, and David L. Simel. “DECISION SUPPORT, ALLOPURINOL USE, AND URIC ACID TESTING IN PATIENTS WITH GOUT-RELATED VISITS AT ONE VA MEDICAL CENTER.” In Journal of General Internal Medicine, 31:S173–S173. SPRINGER, 2016.
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  - Boggan, Joel C., Ryan D. Schulteis, Mark Donahue, and David L. Simel. “INCORPORATION OF GUIDELINE DATA INTO ORDERING SYSTEMS REDUCES TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY ORDER FREQUENCY.” In Journal of General Internal Medicine, 30:S62–S62. SPRINGER, 2015.
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  - Boggan, Joel C., Vaishali A. Patel, and Aimee K. Zaas. “A BLAST FROM THE PAST: RESIDENT AND FACULTY ATTITUDES WITH RE-INSTITUTION OF 24+4-HOUR CALL AT ONE MEDICAL CENTER.” In Journal of General Internal Medicine, 30:S482–S482. SPRINGER, 2015.
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  - Swaminathan, Aparna C., Joel C. Boggan, Samantha Thomas, and Jonathan Bae. “"WE FOLLOW-UP": IMPROVING FOLLOW-UP, COMMUNICATION AND DOCUMENTATION OF OUTPATIENT TEST RESULTS BY DUKE RESIDENTS.” In Journal of General Internal Medicine, 30:S46–47. SPRINGER, 2015.
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  - Boggan, Joel, Ann Marie Navar-Boggan, Ryan D. Schulteis, and David Simel. “A REDUCTION IN TELEMETRY ORDER DURATION DOES NOT CHANGE TELEMETRY ORDERING FREQUENCY AND REDUCES UTILIZATION.” In Journal of General Internal Medicine, 29:S13–S13. SPRINGER, 2014.
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  - Boggan, J. C., A. M. Navar Boggan, L. Knelson, R. W. Moehring, L. F. Chen, and D. J. Anderson. “Infectious complications following electrophysiology (EP) procedures: Defining rates to explore automated surveillance possibilities,” n.d.
Teaching & Mentoring
Recent Courses
Advising & Mentoring
- Advisor, Duke Internal Medicine Residency Program
  Mentor, Duke Institute for Health Improvement Open School Chapter
Scholarly, Clinical, & Service Activities
Presentations & Appearances
Service to the Profession
- Social Media Editor, BMJ Quality & Safety. 2019 2019
Service to Duke

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Awards & Honors

Subject Headings

Global Scholarship

Research

Selected Publications

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Reports

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